Urban Dictionary: Heterophobia Heterophobia It is or it means male or female sharing any other sexual like, than heterosexuals who have a persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of heterosexual activities that compels one to avoid it, despite a heterosexual folk desire. Heterophobia is an unreasoning disgust or intense aversion of heterosexuals, frequently supported by erroneous, and faulty statements about heterosexuals. 1. Aversion to heterosexual people or their lifestyle or culture. 2. Is a behavior or an act based on this aversion. 3. Is a strong dislike or aversion to heterosexual people. 4. Is an irrational fear of, aversion to, antipathy towards heterosexuals. 5. Is people who endulge in bigotry or intolerance because of the heterophobia sickness. heterophobia: heterosexuals are promoted by the media, flaunt their sexuality, heterosexuals are pervert those are unrealistic thoughts of heterophobia Heterophobia Unreasoning prejudice against heterosexuals or their sexuality, the LGBT equivalent of reverse racism , and the inverse of homophobia .

Commonly manifested as a disgust with the very idea of straight sexuality and/or reproduction, it copies the prejudices of homophobia, including the idea that straightness is unnatural, or unhealthy, or can somehow be "cured." Frequently paired with prejudice towards the opposite sex, this is surprisingly common in the LGBT community, but is often not addressed, due to concerns political correctness. At the same time, it has also been used a propaganda slur by homophobes , who level the charge at any gay or lesbian who stands up for their rights. As such, it is a highly contentious term. Being gay is one thing, but saying that women can't please men?! That's just heterophobia! Homophobia and Heterophobia: Two Sides of the Same Coin? by Kent A. Philpott Homophobia and Heterophobia by Kent A. Philpott Homophobia - a hatred or fear of homosexuals (from the Oxford Concise Dictionary). This expresses the core definition of homophobia as found in most standard dictionaries. Heterophobia - a hatred or fear of heterosexuals.

This definition is not found in standard dictionaries, but the "Urban Dictionary" does not shy away from giving some rather politically incorrect definitions: From the Urban Dictionary, found online at Heterophobics - "Gays who are afraid of heterosexuals usually due to their own heterosexual feelings or leanings." This followed up with, "Gays, don't be afraid, you're probably just straight." Homophobia - "a severe condition, usually prominent in Republicans and most of American culture, leading one to: 1. inaccurately use bible quoting for the justification of killing homosexuals; 2. restrict the rights of millions; 3. hide in their rooms crying if they looked at the male body of one of the same gender and do not vomit; 4. incessantly call things 'gay.'" Heterophobia - "an unreasoning disgust of heterosexuals, frequently supported by erroneous and faulty statements about heterosexuals." Homophobia - "the irritation of having faggotry shoved in your face." Heterophobics - "People who indulge in bigotry or intolerance because of the Heterophobia sickness." Homophobia - "an irrational fear of going home." Heterophobia - "The often irrational fear of heterosexuals.

Usually experienced by a homosexual or bisexual who has had bad experiences with heterosexual coupling." Homophobia - "fear of homosexuals or possibly a condition where one person has the same fears as someone else." Heterophobia - "To hate heterosexuals out of some bizarre, irrational or innate fear of them. Probably due to repressed heterosexual feelings. Up with heterosexual pride!" Homophobia - "Dislike, fear, hatred, and/or disapproval of gays and/or homosexuality, often (but not always) for religious reasons or because of insecurity about one's sexual orientation." Heterophobia - "Queer frustration and hatred towards straight oppression. Often mistakenly perceived to be equivalent to homophobia, or other forms of discrimination." Heterophobia - "Unreasoning prejudice against heterosexuals or their sexuality, the LGBT equivalent of reverse racism, and the inverse of homophobia. Commonly manifested as disgust with the very idea of straight sexuality and/or reproduction. It copies the prejudices of homophobia, including the idea that straightness is unnatural, or unhealthy, or can somehow be 'cured.'" Heterophobia - "Frequently paired with prejudice towards the opposite sex.

This is surprisingly common in the LGBT community, but is often not addressed due to concerns for political correctness." Finally, let me add this, which I gleaned - and paraphrased - from Gay Religion, edited by Scott Thumma and Edward R. Gray, and published by AltaMira Press in 2005: Some homosexuals believe homosexuality is necessary for the earth to survive, as the "breeders" keep pumping out babies, resulting in the population growing to an unsustainable level. Therefore, homosexuality is a survival mechanism. Two sides of the same coin? Both phobias are based on fear, or so it would seem. I would suggest that "phobia" is the wrong word to describe either phenomenon. The term means an irrational fear of something or other, such as agoraphobia - a fear of open spaces or public places. But are the so-called homo and hetero phobias based on fear? Is the homosexual fearful of heterosexuals? Is the heterosexual fearful of homosexuals? 1 In both instances, I think not; My sense of it is that the "phobias" are something else all together. Heterosexuals may disagree with homosexuals as to the rightness of homosexual behavior.

And should they not be allowed this? Equal rights, justice, fairness, civil rights, and so on, are what most heterosexuals would agree are owed to all people regardless of sexual orientation. What if heterosexuals think homosexual behavior is "sinful" and morally wrong? Is this a bad thing? Suppose it were a hate crime to even consider homosexual behavior wrong. Should certain kinds of thinking be criminalized? Should "homophobes "be marginalized and discriminated against? Most outrageous is the goal that anything short of complete acceptance of all that is homosexuality be stamped out and eliminated, since such thinking is the seed bed for discrimination against homosexuals. Could it be that the pro-gay, LGBT community, the whole of it or segments thereof, might even justify the creation of a "thought police" that would be dedicated to eradicating anti-homosexual thinking? Have I gone too far? Irrational fear? Once again let me state that to believe certain behavior is wrong is not necessarily born of fear or anxiety. There may indeed be those who are homophobic, that is, having a fear of being molested or raped by a homosexual, or fear of becoming one, or identified as being one, and the list goes on.

And for those who have been in the military, or in prison, or in other circumstances where a homosexual might have a certain amount of power and authority, say a high school sports team coach, there may be homophobia, and such would not be irrational or imaginary. Needless to say, heterosexuals in positions of power and authority over persons of the opposite sex have abused that authority in sexual ways. Certainly, there is much more of this than of homosexuals exploiting those of the same sex. Both are wrong, plain and simple. I have been homophobic. In the Air Force there were homosexuals living in the barracks at Travis Air Force Base, and once in a while some would be caught doing what they ought not to have done and were either dishonorably discharged from the service or at least demoted and locked up for a while. In my thirty years as a volunteer at San Quentin Prison I found out that prison life was dominated by sex, some heterosexual, but mostly homosexual. I have also put five children through the school systems in Marin County, and I have been a freshman baseball coach for nine years. There are valid reasons why some have a fear of homosexuality. I don't want to get specific or graphic, but I have been there and seen that.

Yes, I have a certain amount of what is mistakenly called homophobia. So, what should be done with someone like me? Do I not have a right to it? Must the authorities be intolerant of it? As a Christian, must I repent of it? I do not want to be fearful of homosexuals, and in fact, to the best of my ability, I am not. With the growing numbers of people coming out as gay in American, if I were homophobic I would live a fearful and miserable life. I live in the world and am very much a part of it; I am a law-abiding citizen, and I will act according to the laws of the land. But I reserve the right to believe that homosexual behavior is wrong. For all have sinned What about heterosexuals? Many, perhaps most, heterosexuals are disturbed sexually to one degree or another. And how would we expect anything less, particularly in western societies where sex is distorted and confused? We have rapists, child molesters, sex-slave traffickers, pimps, brothel keepers, porn addicts and makers, and more than I care to know about, and in far greater numbers than do the homosexuals.

The marketplace commercializes sex and throws naked flesh before our eyes daily to sell products. Much of the distortion has come along with the millennia-long patriarchal cultures that are in place in most parts of the world, cultures that falsely empower men to control those who are physically weaker. And our religions have either looked the other way or actually institutionalized this departure from biblical models, including Christianity. All of this morass has to do with what theologians call "the Fall," that time when humans rebelled against the Creator God (who, by the way, is both feminine and masculine, see Genesis 1:27), and sex got completely tweaked. Moments after the Fall, Adam and Eve - or if you can't handle that, the first man and woman - looked at each other, having a new knowledge of good and evil firmly implanted in their brains, and realized they were naked and were ashamed. Wow! Ashamed and guilty - and it is right here where the trouble is. Read the account below and see what you make of it. Here is Genesis 3:1-13: Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You﻿ shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ﻿‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” 4 ﻿But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit ﻿and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, ﻿and he ate. 7 ﻿Then the eyes of both were opened, ﻿and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool﻿ of the day, and the man and his wife ﻿hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, ﻿because I was naked, and I hid myself.” 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, ﻿“The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, ﻿“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Guilt and Shame A careful interpreter could reel off pages of commentary and never get to the bottom of all that is in the above passage. But there is certainly guilt and shame. The balance between the man and the woman was gone.

Together they reflected the Creator; now separate and apart life drastically changed and not for the better. Heterosexual marriage is now a mere shadow of what it was intended to be. Not until that which is called heaven and paradise, symbolized as a wedding between Christ, the groom, and the Church, His bride, will there be restitution and realization of the original intent of the Creator. Until then, well, we know the story, don't we? Pleasure, contentment, fulfillment, completion, happiness, rightness - it was all there for Adam and Eve. These wonderful gifts were replaced with guilt and an abiding sense of shame. No matter how much pleasure might be found in a sexual act, it would never be, for anyone, what it could have been. So we have sin lodged right in the core of the identity of the human sexual experience. And heteros and homos have forever attempted to overcome guilt and shame. Within marriage between a man and a woman, however flawed and imperfect, is contained a hint and a promise of what will come in the grand eschaton, that end point when there will be a recreation and a new heaven and a new earth. What God started will be completed.

God's laws, the thou-shalt-nots, were intended to make the best of what is. Adultery, fornication, and homosexual acts are a breaking of the law, and thus guilt and shame arise. That is just how it is. Though the LGBT community may succeed in all its demands for equality and normality, guilt and shame will remain. Could it be that the homosexual, who in the quest to eradicate homophobia, is really being driven by guilt and shame? If homosexual behavior is normal and good, then ought not the negative and powerful emotions go away? But they will not go away, since the 'wrongness experience' is hard wired into every human being. God made sex and meant it for both procreation and pleasure; it is a strong bond that keeps a husband and wife together. It is in that "one flesh" relationship where sex can be experienced absent guilt and shame. God-ordained and -approved sex is a wonderful thing. A marriage between a man and a woman allows for the freedom to develop a very sexy relationship, which is not driven by lust and a never-ending quest for fulfillment. Such a sexuality opens a door to a "peaceful easy feeling." Is achieving equality enough?

Victory won, normalcy and equality achieved, backed by the law of the land, and clear sailing ahead. All will be well, right? This has certainly not been so for heterosexuals, and the trend seems to be downward rather than the other way around. Will homosexuals fare better? Probably not. Sexuality is the human core identity, but it is not larger than the kingdom of God and life eternal. The fuss about homo and hetero phobias is magnified, because sex has become so very distorted and filled up with the hope of ultimate satisfaction. In sexuality, even for the most well adjusted and blissful heterosexual married couple, there will be disappointment and frustration. As they say, "Get over it." Phobias must not drive our behavior Both hetero and homo phobias are expressions of sinfulness, not the sense of fear itself, but the acting out on the fears to the detriment of others. We are called to love our neighbor as ourselves, so we have to admit that expressing these phobias is wrong. At least, let us deal humanely and rationally with each other, homosexual and heterosexual. Let us hear and respect each other's positions while not having to approve of them.

If I could say that homosexual behavior is right, I would do so, but I cannot. I cannot say that the heterosexual's adulteries and fornications are right, either. To approve homosexuality in any form, or to approve sex outside of marriage, is unacceptable from a biblical perspective. And to many, such is unacceptable. There is hope, strength, and dignity in saying "No." The aberrational, criminal, abusive, or exploitive quest for self-centered sexual pleasure cannot be tolerated by a civilized society where the rights of the weak must be safeguarded. Watching someone head off the steep cliff without shouting out a warning is both negligence and unloving to the extreme. Enough of this phobia talk. 1 News reports of pedophilia and the reality of child pornography and child sex slaves, and both of a hetero and homo sexual nature, frequently find their way into print. For instance, in the San Francisco Chronicle (November 12, 2013) is an Associated Press article titled, "Police rescue 386 kids in global child porn bust." The arrests of 348 people, was orchestrated by Canadian police, included schoolteachers, doctors, and actors, among others.

The arrests of operatives of Azov Films, that had been in business since 2005, distributed some of the most vile images of boys from age 5 to 12. "The videos included naked boys from Germany, Romania, and Ukraine which it marketed as naturist movies." This sort of thing is likely to produce some fear, and if it does not, then the human situation is more vile and evil than we have imagined. Last Update: 2016-09-01 12:11 Heterophobia – Causes of Heterophobia – Common Facts and Treatment Share your stories and support others... Heterophobia Tweet While we are usually, and unfortunately, exposed to irrational fears of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual people, there are also similar biases held against heterosexuals. This fear of a person’s own sexual preference and lifestyle is usually due to inexperience around these different groups of people or an exaggerated personal agenda. Heterophobia is an exaggerated, irrational or extreme fear of straight men or women, and will usually lead a person to suspect and subsequently avoid most straight people or those that are in heterosexual relationships. Causes of Heterophobia There are several different reasons in which a person may become heterophobic.

Some of the leading causes behind this idea are: A result of crippling homophobia that has made a gay or lesbian person untrusting and frightened of the straight populace. Heterophobia can be viewed as a guise to counteract homophobia and the public’s general disapproval to extend equal rights to the GLBT community. An actual fear of straight people, usually onset by a traumatic event or life-changing experience during childhood. Common Facts About Heterophobia Although there are a few different causes for heterophobia, the most predominant reasons are a lash back against the straight community from gay or lesbian people. In most cases, the heterophobic person has been a victim of homophobic behavior in the past and is either lashing back at the straight community for their unfair treatment or is genuinely against heterosexuals, and feel that the straight community never has their best interest in mind. This term is often debated as it is very rarely a standard phobia that can attach itself to a person’s psyche. Still, it is a very real occurrence regardless of the actual origin of the problem. Treatment of Heterophobia Medication can be prescribed for treating the phobia, but it must be noted that these medicatons can have side effects and withdrawal syptoms.

It must also be noted that medicines do not cure phobias and only temporarily suppresses the symptoms. There are treatments for heterophobia that can be explored such as counseling, hypnotherapy , psychotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic programs. Heterophobia cannot only hold you back in your life, it can also hold back others around you. This condition is not only an extreme or irrational fear of straight/non-gay individuals or the opposite sex, it is also usually coupled with a hatred or outspoken disapproval of their relationships . This has recently become a large issue in our society. While there are some rare cases, this phobia is seen more predominantly in LGBT communities. Making the effort for change will make a huge difference in your personal life, usually resulting in a more calm and collected composure in previously perceived stressful situations . If you are ready to make this positive change, on both a personal and social level, do some preliminary Internet research to find the best treatment options available locally to you. View Resources The Phobia List Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car. Ambulophobia- Fear of walking. Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched. Anablephobia- Fear of looking up. Ancraophobia- Fear of wind.

(Anemophobia) Androphobia- Fear of men. Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia) Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness. Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc. Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry. Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint. Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers. Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society. Antlophobia- Fear of floods. Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single. Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity. Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia) Apiphobia- Fear of bees. Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations. Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders. Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers. Cainophobia or Cainotophobia- Fear of newness, novelty. Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women. Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia- Fear of cancer.

Cardiophobia- Fear of the heart. Carnophobia- Fear of meat. Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed. Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places. Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting. Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas. Ceraunophobia or Keraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia) Chaetophobia- Fear of hair. Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia- Fear of cold.(Frigophobia, Psychophobia) Chemophobia- Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals. Cherophobia- Fear of gaiety. Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched. Chirophobia- Fear of hands. Cholerophobia- Fear of anger or the fear of cholera. Chorophobia- Fear of dancing. Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money. Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors. Chronophobia- Fear of time. Cibophobia- Fear of food.(Sitophobia, Sitiophobia) Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.

Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place. Cleptophobia- Fear of stealing. Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs. Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed. Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia- Fear of being enclosed. Cnidophobia- Fear of stings. Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions. Defecaloesiophobia- Fear of painful bowels movements. Deipnophobia- Fear of dining or dinner conversations. Dementophobia- Fear of insanity. Demonophobia or Daemonophobia- Fear of demons. Demophobia- Fear of crowds. (Agoraphobia) Dendrophobia- Fear of trees. Dermatophobia- Fear of skin lesions. Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia- Fear of skin disease. Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body. Diabetophobia- Fear of diabetes. Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school. Dikephobia- Fear of justice. Dinophobia- Fear of dizziness or whirlpools. Diplophobia- Fear of double vision.

Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking. Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone. Disposophobia- Fear of throwing stuff out. Hoarding. Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house.(Eicophobia, Oikophobia) Doraphobia- Fear of fur or skins of animals. Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise. Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets. Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch. Dysmorphophobia- Fear of deformity. Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things. Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning. Haphephobia or Haptephobia- Fear of being touched. Harpaxophobia- Fear of being robbed. Hedonophobia- Fear of feeling pleasure. Heliophobia- Fear of the sun. Hellenologophobia- Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology. Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms. Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood. Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia- Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation. Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.

Heterophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Sexophobia) Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666. Hierophobia- Fear of priests or sacred things. Hippophobia- Fear of horses. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words. Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars. Hodophobia- Fear of road travel. Hormephobia- Fear of shock. Homophobia- Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual. Hoplophobia- Fear of firearms. Hydrargyophobia- Fear of mercurial medicines. Hydrophobia- Fear of water or of rabies. Hydrophobophobia- Fear of rabies. Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia- Fear of glass. Hygrophobia- Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture. Hylephobia- Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy. Hylophobia- Fear of forests. Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility. Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized. Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.

Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors. Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish. Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down. Iophobia- Fear of poison. Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone. Isopterophobia- Fear of termites, insects that eat wood. Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis. Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry. Microbiophobia- Fear of microbes. (Bacillophobia) Microphobia- Fear of small things. Misophobia or Mysophobia- Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs. Mnemophobia- Fear of memories. Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia- Fear of dirt or contamination. Monophobia- Fear of solitude or being alone. Monopathophobia- Fear of definite disease. Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles. Musophobia or Muriphobia- Fear of mice. Mycophobia- Fear or aversion to mushrooms. Mycrophobia- Fear of small things. Myctophobia- Fear of darkness. Mythophobia- Fear of myths or stories or false statements. Myxophobia- Fear of slime.

(Blennophobia) Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog. (Homichlophobia) Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things. Nelophobia- Fear of glass. Neopharmaphobia- Fear of new drugs. Neophobia- Fear of anything new. Nephophobia- Fear of clouds. Noctiphobia- Fear of the night. Nomatophobia- Fear of names. Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia- Fear of becoming ill. Nostophobia- Fear of returning home. Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother. Nucleomituphobia- Fear of nuclear weapons. Nudophobia- Fear of nudity. Nyctohylophobia- Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night. If you appreciate the Phobia List, please help support it. Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight.(Pocrescophobia) Ochlophobia- Fear of crowds or mobs. Ochophobia- Fear of vehicles. Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8. Odontophobia- Fear of teeth or dental surgery. Odynophobia or Odynephobia- Fear of pain.

(Algophobia) Oenophobia- Fear of wines. Oikophobia- Fear of home surroundings, house.(Domatophobia, Eicophobia) Olfactophobia- Fear of smells. Ombrophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on. Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes. Omphalophobia- Fear of belly buttons. Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams. Oneirogmophobia- Fear of wet dreams. Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of names. Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia) Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at. Opiophobia- Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients. Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes. Ornithophobia- Fear of birds. Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia- Fear of smells or odors. Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish. Peladophobia- Fear of bald people. Pellagrophobia- Fear of pellagra. Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law. (Novercaphobia) Phagophobia- Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.

Phalacrophobia- Fear of becoming bald. Phallophobia- Fear of a penis, esp erect. Pharmacophobia- Fear of taking medicine. Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts. Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine. Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing. Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love. Philosophobia- Fear of philosophy. Photoaugliaphobia- Fear of glaring lights. Photophobia- Fear of light. Phonophobia- Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones. Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking. Phthiriophobia- Fear of lice. (Pediculophobia) Phthisiophobia- Fear of tuberculosis. Sarmassophobia- Fear of love play. (Malaxophobia) Satanophobia- Fear of Satan. Scatophobia- Fear of fecal matter. Scelerophibia- Fear of bad men, burglars. Sciophobia Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows. Scoleciphobia- Fear of worms. Scopophobia or Scoptophobia- Fear of being seen or stared at. Scotomaphobia- Fear of blindness in visual field.

Scotophobia- Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia) Scriptophobia- Fear of writing in public. Selachophobia- Fear of sharks. Selaphobia- Fear of light flashes. Selenophobia- Fear of the moon. Seplophobia- Fear of decaying matter. Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of long words. Sexophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Heterophobia) Siderodromophobia- Fear of trains, railroads or train travel. Siderophobia- Fear of stars. Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed. Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture. Sitophobia or Sitiophobia- Fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia) Snakephobia- Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia) Soceraphobia- Fear of parents-in-law. Social Phobia- Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations. Sociophobia- Fear of society or people in general. Somniphobia- Fear of sleep. Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others. Spacephobia- Fear of outer space. Spectrophobia- Fear of specters or ghosts. Spermatophobia or Spermophobia- Fear of germs.

Spheksophobia- Fear of wasps. Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia- Fear of standing or walking. (Ambulophobia) Staurophobia- Fear of crosses or the crucifix. Stenophobia- Fear of narrow things or places. Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia- Fear of hell. Suriphobia- Fear of mice. Taeniophobia or Teniophobia- Fear of tapeworms. Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries. Tapinophobia- Fear of being contagious. Taurophobia- Fear of bulls. Teleophobia- 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony. Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones. Teratophobia- Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people. Testophobia- Fear of taking tests. Tetanophobia- Fear of lockjaw, tetanus. Teutophobia- Fear of German or German things. Textophobia- Fear of certain fabrics. Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting. Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea. Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.

Theatrophobia- Fear of theatres. Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion. Thermophobia- Fear of heat. Tocophobia- Fear of pregnancy or childbirth. Tomophobia- Fear of surgical operations. Tonitrophobia- Fear of thunder. Topophobia- Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright. Toxiphobia or Toxophobia or Toxicophobia- Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned. Traumatophobia- Fear of injury. List of Phobias by Name – Designed Thinking Batophobia– Fear of heights or being close to high buildings. Batrachophobia– Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. Belonephobia– Fear of pins and needles Bibliophobia– Fear of books. Bogyphobia– Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman. Botanophobia– Fear of plants. Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia– Fear of body smells. Brontophobia– Fear of thunder and lightning. Bufonophobia– Fear of toads. Caligynephobia– Fear of beautiful women. Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia– Fear of cancer. Cardiophobia– Fear of the heart.

Carnophobia– Fear of meat. Catagelophobia– Fear of being ridiculed. Catoptrophobia– Fear of mirrors. Cenophobia or Centophobia– Fear of new things or ideas. Ceraunophobia – Fear of thunder and lightning. Chaetophobia– Fear of hair. Chemophobia– Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals. Chiraptophobia– Fear of being touched. Chirophobia– Fear of hands. Cyberphobia– Fear of computers or working on a computer.. Cynophobia– Fear of dogs or rabies. Cypridophobia or Cypriphobia – Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease. Decidophobia– Fear of making decisions. Defecaloesiophobia– Fear of painful bowels movements. Deipnophobia– Fear of dining or dinner conversations. Dementophobia– Fear of insanity. Demonophobia or Daemonophobia– Fear of demons. Demophobia– Fear of crowds. Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia– Fear of skin disease.. Diabetophobia– Fear of diabetes. Didaskaleinophobia– Fear of going to school. Dikephobia– Fear of justice..

Dishabiliophobia– Fear of undressing in front of someone. Disposophobia– Fear of throwing stuff out. Hoarding. Doraphobia– Fear of fur or skins of animals. Doxophobia– Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise. Dysmorphophobia– Fear of deformity. Eremophobia– Fear of being oneself or of loneliness. Ereuthrophobia– Fear of blushing. Ergasiophobia– 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon’s fear of operating. Ergophobia– Fear of work. Erotophobia– Fear of sexual love or sexual questions. Euphobia– Fear of hearing good news. Eurotophobia– Fear of female genitalia. Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia– Fear of fever. Felinophobia– Fear of cats. Frigophobia– Fear of cold or cold things. Galeophobia or Gatophobia– Fear of cats. Gamophobia– Fear of marriage. Gelotophobia– Fear of being laughed at. Genophobia– Fear of sex. Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia– Fear of crossing bridges..

Gerascophobia– Fear of growing old. Gerontophobia– Fear of old people or of growing old. Glossophobia– Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. Gnosiophobia– Fear of knowledge. Graphophobia– Fear of writing or handwriting. Gymnophobia– Fear of nudity. Gynephobia or Gynophobia– Fear of women. Hadephobia– Fear of hell. Hagiophobia– Fear of saints or holy things. Hamartophobia– Fear of sinning. Haphephobia or Haptephobia– Fear of being touched. Harpaxophobia– Fear of being robbed. Hedonophobia– Fear of feeling pleasure. Helminthophobia– Fear of being infested with worms. Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia– Fear of blood. Herpetophobia– Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things. Heterophobia– Fear of the opposite sex. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666. Hierophobia– Fear of priests or sacred things. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Hobophobia– Fear of bums or beggars. Homilophobia– Fear of sermons. Homophobia– Fear of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual. Hoplophobia– Fear of firearms. Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia– Fear of glass. Hygrophobia– Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture. Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia– Fear of responsibility. Hypnophobia– Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized. Hypsiphobia– Fear of height. Iatrophobia– Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors. Ichthyophobia– Fear of fish. Illyngophobia– Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down. Iophobia– Fear of poison. Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone. Isopterophobia– Fear of termites, insects that eat wood. Ithyphallophobia– Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis. . Kakorrhaphiophobia– Fear of failure or defeat. Katagelophobia– Fear of ridicule. Kathisophobia– Fear of sitting down. Katsaridaphobia– Fear of cockroaches. Kolpophobia- Fear of genitals, particularly female.

Kopophobia– Fear of fatigue. Koniophobia– Fear of dust. (Amathophobia) Kosmikophobia– Fear of cosmic phenomenon. Kynophobia- Fear of rabies. Laliophobia or Lalophobia– Fear of speaking. Leprophobia or Lepraphobia– Fear of leprosy.. Ligyrophobia– Fear of loud noises. Lilapsophobia– Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes. Limnophobia– Fear of lakes. Microbiophobia– Fear of microbes. (Bacillophobia) Microphobia– Fear of small things. Misophobia or Mysophobia– Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs. Mnemophobia– Fear of memories. Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia– Fear of dirt or contamination. Monophobia– Fear of solitude or being alone. Monopathophobia– Fear of definite disease. Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles. Musophobia or Muriphobia– Fear of mice. Myctophobia– Fear of darkness. Mythophobia– Fear of myths or stories or false statements. Myxophobia- Fear of slime. Necrophobia– Fear of death or dead things. Neopharmaphobia– Fear of new drugs..

Noctiphobia– Fear of the night. Nomatophobia– Fear of names. Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia– Fear of becoming ill. Nostophobia– Fear of returning home. Nudophobia– Fear of nudity. Nyctohylophobia– Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night Nyctophobia– Fear of the dark or of night. Obesophobia– Fear of gaining weight. Ochlophobia– Fear of crowds or mobs. Ochophobia– Fear of vehicles. Odontophobia– Fear of teeth or dental surgery. Odynophobia or Odynephobia– Fear of pain. Oenophobia- Fear of wines. Ombrophobia– Fear of rain or of being rained on.. Oneirogmophobia– Fear of wet dreams. Onomatophobia– Fear of hearing a certain word or of names. Ophidiophobia– Fear of snakes. Ophthalmophobia– Fear of being stared at. Opiophobia– Fear medical doctors prescribing pain medications for patients. Optophobia– Fear of opening one’s eyes. Ornithophobia– Fear of birds. Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia– Fear of smells or odors.

Ostraconophobia– Fear of shellfish. Pagophobia– Fear of ice or frost. Panthophobia– Fear of suffering and disease. Panophobia or Pantophobia– Fear of everything. Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope. Paralipophobia– Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility. Paraphobia– Fear of sexual perversion. Parasitophobia– Fear of parasites. Paraskavedekatriaphobia– Fear of Friday the 13th. Parthenophobia– Fear of virgins or young girls. Pathophobia– Fear of disease. Radiophobia– Fear of radiation, x-rays. Ranidaphobia– Fear of frogs. Rectophobia– Fear of rectum or rectal diseases. Rhabdophobia– Fear of being severely punished or criticized. Rhypophobia– Fear of defecation. Rhytiphobia– Fear of getting wrinkles. Rupophobia– Fear of dirt. Sarmassophobia– Fear of love play. Satanophobia– Fear of Satan. Scatophobia- Fear of fecal matter. Scelerophibia– Fear of bad men, burglars. Sciophobia or Sciaphobia– Fear of shadows. Scoleciphobia– Fear of worms.

Scopophobia or Scoptophobia– Fear of being seen or stared at. Scotomaphobia– Fear of blindness in visual field. Scotophobia– Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia) Scriptophobia– Fear of writing in public. Selachophobia– Fear of sharks. Selaphobia– Fear of light flashes. Seplophobia– Fear of decaying matter. Sesquipedalophobia– Fear of long words. Sexophobia– Fear of the opposite sex. Sitophobia or Sitiophobia– Fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia) Snakephobia– Fear of snakes. Social Phobia– Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations. Sociophobia– Fear of society or people in general. Somniphobia– Fear of sleep. Soteriophobia – Fear of dependence on others.. Spectrophobia– Fear of specters or ghosts. Spermatophobia or Spermophobia– Fear of germs. Spheksophobia– Fear of wasps. Staurophobia– Fear of crosses or the crucifix. Stenophobia– Fear of narrow things or places. Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia– Fear of hell. Suriphobia– Fear of mice.

Taeniophobia or Teniophobia- Fear of tapeworms. Taphephobia or Taphophobia– Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries. Tapinophobia– Fear of being contagious. Technophobia– Fear of technology. Teratophobia– Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people. Testophobia– Fear of taking tests. Tetanophobia- Fear of lockjaw, tetanus. Textophobia– Fear of certain fabrics. Thanatophobia or Thantophobia– Fear of death or dying. Theatrophobia– Fear of theatres. Theophobia– Fear of gods or religion. Thermophobia– Fear of heat. Tocophobia– Fear of pregnancy or childbirth. Tomophobia– Fear of surgical operations. Tonitrophobia– Fear of thunder. Topophobia– Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright. Toxiphobia, Toxophobia or Toxicophobia– Fear of poison or being accidently poisoned. Traumatophobia– Fear of injury. Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia– Fear of hair. (Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia) Triskaidekaphobia– Fear of the number 13.

Tropophobia– Fear of moving or making changes. Trypanophobia– Fear of injections.

Question: Heterophobia is the irrational fear of what
Answer: The opposite sex